Fortnite Festivalis a fun and simple delight for any music-rhythm game fan. Harmonix’s collaboration with Epic Games borrows heavily from the famed music game developer’s playbook while infusing the team mechanics and quirky atmosphere that made Fortnite a hit. However, once you’ve cleared the Festival Pass and received your rewards, there’s not much left to do. So, what else can you play while you wait for that next Festival Pass season to drop?...

Quick Links An interconnected planetary-wide organism that’s worshiped as a deity by the indigenous species, Eywa is an interesting feature of theAvatarmovies that is both a narrative hook and a deeper mystery that’s being slowly revealed as the franchise goes on. There’s some interesting theories, in both the film and fan-made, that have attempted to explain exactly what this amorphous and seemingly vast alien consciousness is. From memory storage to Hive Mind, there’s a lot of interesting facts, tidbits to be gleaned that open up all sorts of questions for future movies and how Eywa is going to interact with the encroaching RDA....

Quick Links Goo is a useful crafting material inEnshrouded, one you’ll need to upgrade your Flame Altar as well as craft some other interesting items, like larger magical chests. Goo can’t be found in the world - unless you get lucky with a destructible object - and must be crafted at the Alchemist. To unlock the crafting recipe for Goo, you’ll first need to get the Alchemist NPC and craft some Bug Dust from Critter Parts to unlock the recipe for Goo....

Summary Honkai: Star Railhas loads of endgame content, one of them being the Simulated Universe. This is a rogue-like game mode that involves collecting buffs, also known as Blessings, to enhance your team’s combat ability and progress through multiple stages with increasingly difficult monsters. You’re given the option to choose one of nine available Paths upon entering the Simulated Universe which will define your fate as you progress through the various stages....

We’re all caught up onThe Game Awardsdiscourse, right? If not, here’s what you need to know: The Game Awards were on Thursday and, as is their wont,they focused far more on trailers and celebrities than the actual winners. Somehow this year was worse than usual, with music and a giant ‘Please Wrap It Up’ sign flashing at legendary developers and Game of the Year winners talking about treasured team members who died during development....

Video games need to stop making me feel old. It turns out thatSony’sPlayStation 4has now celebrated its tenth birthday. Housing beloved classics likeBloodborne,Uncharted 4,Gravity Rush 2, and so many other exclusive bangers, the PS4 was the definitive modern console. Sony came out swinging at E3 2013 with hardware that defied the always-online future all of us were afraid of embracing, burying its competition so brutally that over a decade later the folks atXboxare still trying to gain that ground back....

We all know the spooky little girl trope in horror. The tradition of juxtaposing innocence and fragility with murderous intent is as tried and true convention in horror movies dating back to 1956’s The Bad Seed, and continuing on every decade since in films like Children of the Corn, The Exorcist, The Ring, The Omen, The Shining, M3GAN, and countless others. The horror genre has gotten a lot of mileage out of creepy kids....

Alan Wake 2’s New Game Plus mode (also known as the Final Draft update) makes a few changes to the game’s story, including adding a much happier ending for Alan and Saga. Ever since Alan Wake 2 launched,Remedy has been teasing that its New Game Plus mode, titled The Final Draft, would add in some surprises for fans and change up the story somewhat, including giving the game a new ending....

Apex Legendshas joined forces with none other thanPost Malone. This may baffle most people, it may seem like a cash grab so that the singer can promote his new album or something, but he’s a genuine fan of the game. Post Malone has been spotted hoarding millions of Apex Coins on his account, with more Crafting Materials than you can shake a stick at. This is a man whospent a million dollars on a Magic the Gathering card: he’s rich enough to go hard on his hobbies....

The Forgotten Realms, the setting forBaldur’s Gate 3, has a unique take on deities. They’re real, that cannot be disputed, and they regularly interact with their mortal followers. However, they’re generally against direct intervention, explaining why the good-aligned gods don’t just rush in and fix every problem in Faerûn. And, of course, why evil gods likeBhaalrely on their chosen to do their bidding. Now, it’s generally accepted thatWithers is an avatar of Jergal, the former god of death....

We all know by now thatBaldur’s Gate 3is absolutely chock-full of hidden dialogue, funny scenes, and obscure items, most of which you’ll never discover on your own, even on your tenth playthrough. In an effort to ensure everyone experiences as much as possible, Baldur’s Gate 3 fans have banded together to share the things that they believe the vast majority of players will miss if they’re playing the game normally. It should go without saying,but expect some heavy spoilers going forward....

InBaldur’s Gate 3’ssecond act, you have to brave the Gauntlet of Shar in search of the Nightsong. Along the way, you come across a hulking infernal trapped in a contract with Raphael calledOrthon Yurgir. He’s far less glamorous than our sweet-talking devil, adorning his armour with skulls and sleeping in a bed made of stitched-together corpses, belching out commands as he threatens us. I don’t know about you, but it never crossed my mind to try andtalkto the nightmarish bed, but Larian Studios put together a special scene for those clever enough to cast Speak With Dead on it....

Beauty is subjective, but that only goes so far. You put me next to pictures of Ana de Armas and Margot Robbie, and nobody’s choosing me. Between those two though, you’d be looking at a pretty even split. As video games get more realistic, there’s more room for subjectivity, and different forms of beauty can appear.Baldur’s Gate 3is a great example of this, especially through Dame Aylin. I’m going to let you in on a little secret....